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The Mothers’ Union, a service organisation which advocates Christianity in marriage and family life, on Monday hosted its annual general meeting (AGM) at the Hotel Tower.

The ISA Islamic School commemorated five years of scholarship last week with an in-house programme that highlighted its achievements and challenges last Thursday.

The Ministry of Education is reviewing education management in Guyana, Minister Shaik Baksh said, announcing his intention to change the dynamics within the central ministry and redefine the role of the Chief Education Officer.

A Special Constable (SC) was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000 for aiding and abetting the trafficking of three kilogrammes 236.5 grammes of cocaine back in July 2005.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says it is unacceptable that Presid-ent Bharrat Jagdeo has taken a position recently that he is in no hurry to appoint a Commissioner of Police.

Government’s “spurious” attempts at justifying its decision to withdraw its advertisements from Stabroek News cannot disguise its hatred of the newspaper and must be condemned as vicious and vindictive, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) said yesterday.

An accident on the West Bank Demerara claimed the life of a primary school student who was crossing the public road there yesterday.

The Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) and the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) have slammed the Jagdeo administration over the cut-off of state ads to Stabroek News with the CPU describing it as a direct attack on the freedom of the press which would damage the government’s democratic credentials.

First Lady Varshnie Jagdeo yesterday handed over to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy an eye surgery microscope and hospital supplies for the Suddie Hospital on the Essequibo Coast.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says it is “sad and pathetic” that Stabroek News (SN) would make the withdrawal of government ads from the newspaper an issue of press freedom.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says he did not assent to a number of bills passed last year for “different reasons” including lobbying from the private sector and because of his personal concerns as well.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is calling on the Private Sector Commis-sion (PSC) to condemn the indiscriminate pricing by some businesses, a GRA press release said.

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The Providence Stadium has been given the thumbs up to host the Cricket World Cup 2007 Super Eight matches by the International Cricket Council/Cricket World Cup (CWC) Inspection team, but there are still some minor works to be completed to make the Providence facility 100 percent ready for the gala event.

The tragic incident in which two Guyanese women – Ashrani Hardat, whose lifeless body was found floating in the Corentyne River and Cheryl Peters, whose body is still missing – died after the boat in which they were travelling from Guyana to Suriname capsized in the Corentyne River, is not just another river mishap.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the burning to death of a woman last year commenced yesterday at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fazil Azeez.

Lakeram McKenzie’s overseas-based relatives are offering a reward for information leading to the apprehension of persons involved in his murder in December during a robbery, though the case has not progressed since the advertisement was published.

A 28-year-old University of Guyana (UG) student accused of raping a nine-year-old girl last year was released on bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Roger Khan’s US lawyer Robert Simels on Monday wrote to New York Judge, Dora Irizarry complaining about the drug accused businessman’s transfer from the Nassau County jail to the Special Housing Unit (SHU), a cell designated specifically for terrorists at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC) located in Manhattan, New York.

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